1. (a) In General.— The Secretary may not carry out activities related to the dismantling or disposal of infrastructure comprising the LORAN–C system until the later of the date of the conveyance of the properties directed under section 533(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–120) or the date on which the Secretary provides to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate notice of a determination by the Secretary of Transportation under section 312(d) of title 49 that such infrastructure is not required to provide a positioning, navigation, and timing system to provide redundant capability in the event the Global Positioning System signals are disrupted.
2. (b) Exception.— Subsection (a) does not apply to activities necessary for the safety of human life.

3. (c) Disposition of Property.—

   1. (1) In general.— On any date after the notification is made under subsection (a), the Administrator of General Services, acting on behalf of the Secretary, may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, sell any real and personal property under the administrative control of the Coast Guard and used for the LORAN–C system, subject to such terms and conditions that the Secretary believes to be necessary to protect government interests and program requirements of the Coast Guard.
   2. (2) Availability of proceeds.— The proceeds of such sales, less the costs of sale incurred by the General Services Administration, shall be deposited into the Coast Guard Housing Fund for uses authorized under section 2946 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 114–120, title VI, § 610(a)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 83, § 681; renumbered § 914, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8216, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4653.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 533(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 533(a) of Pub. L. 114–120, title V, Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 74, which is not classified to the Code.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 8216(1), substituted “later of the date of the conveyance of the properties directed under section 533(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–120) or the date” for “date”.

Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 116–283, § 8216(2), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which related to availability of proceeds.

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 681 of this title, relating to disposition of infrastructure related to E–LORAN, as this section.